Re: Linux onbar restore fails (IDS9.4)

David Stes <stes@D5E029DD.kabel.telenet.be> wrote in message news:<hNRUa.35876$F92.3876@afrodite.telenet-ops.be>... > Hello everybody, > <SNIP> > 2) Backup Environment > --------------------- > > Good; now that I have a fully supported RedHat 7.2 with a working IDS 9.40, > I configure Legato NMI 2.1 (Networker module for Informix) with NetWorker 6.1.3 > > After running onbar, I get: > > awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: file `/opt/informix/etc/' is a directory > awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: file `/opt/informix/etc/' is a directory > > Apparently there is a bug in the onbar script: > > You have to add: > > ONCONFIG=onconfig> > because it assumes that ONCONFIG is set. Otherwise you get the AWK error. If so, this should be reported to Informix support. The default value of $ONCONFIG is "onconfig". > > Then I do a backup (onbar -b -w -L 0) and all is fine; backup works, the > simple database is stored in Legato (as I can verify there). > > Next, the critical test comes (can I do a recover?) > > So I shutdown IDS 9.40 (onmode -ky) and I start a cold restore: > > [root@localhost dbs]# onbar -r -w > SENDER IS NULL NO MAIL WILL BE SENT > SENDER IS NULL NO MAIL WILL BE SENT > > However my IDS 9.40 system is still not restored. > onstat - shows that IDS is not online. > > I repeat the onbar -r -w recovery using BAR_DEBUG level 5 and here is the > output of the BAR_DEBUG.LOG file: > > 2003-05-28 10:34:56 2752 2750 bar_log_close_restore: input commit_flag 1 > 2003-05-28 10:34:56 2752 2750 bar_log_close_restore: output errtxt Archive API error: not yet open > 2003-05-28 10:34:56 2752 2750 bar_log_close_restore: return 130 (0x82) > 2003-05-28 10:34:56 2752 2750 do_log_restore: return 130 (0x82) > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 bar_is_drsec: enter > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 bar_is_drsec: return 0 (0x00) > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 return from bar_exec 130 > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 bar_unloadXBSA: enter > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 bar_unloadXBSA: return 0 (0x00) > 2003-05-28 10:35:01 2752 2750 bar_main: return 130 (0x82) > The error 130 is BAR_SERVER_CRASH, meaning that the database instance crashed as it was being restored. This is not an onbar or Legato problem. You'll need to open a case with Informix support and send them the "/tmp/af.3fa73a8" file. Good luck. Brice Avila Minneapolis, Minnesota <SNIP>